Jad, jade; also a familiar term among country folks for a giddy young girl. Jauk, to dally, to trifle.

Jaukin, trifling, dallying.

Jaup, a jerk of water; to jerk as agitated water.

Jaw, coarse raillery; to pour out, to shut, to jerk as water. Jillet, a jilt; a giddy girl.

Jimp, to jump, slender in the waist, handsome.

Jink, to dodge, to turn a corner; a sudden turning, a corner.

Jinker, that turns quickly; a gay sprightly girl, a wag.

Jinkin, dodging.

Jirk, a jerk.

Jocteleg, a kind of knife.

Jouk, to stoop, to bow the head.

Jow, to jow, a verb which includes both

the swinging motion and pealing sound of a large bell.

Jundie, to jostle.

Kae, & daw.

Lea'e, to leave.

Leal, loyal, true, faithful.

Lea-rig, grassy ridge.

Lear, (pronoun, lare), learning. Lee-lang, live-long.

Leesome, pleasant.

Leeze-me, a phrase of congratulatory endearment; I am happy in thee, or proud of thee.

Leister, a three-pronged dart for striking fish.

Leugh, did laugh.

Leuk, a look, to look.

Libbet, gelded.

Lift, sky.

Lightly, sneeringly; to sneer at

Lilt, a ballad, a tune; to sing.

Limmer, a kept mistress, a strumpet.

Limp't, limped, hobbled.

Link, to trip along.

Linkin, tripping.

Linn, a waterfall, precipice.

Lint, flax; lint i' the bell, flax in flower. Lintwhite, a linnet.

Loan or loanin, the place of milking.

Loof, the palm of the hand.

Loot, did let.

Looves, plural of loaf.

Loun, a fellow, a ragamuffin, a woman

of easy virtue.

Loup, jump, leap.

Lowe, a flame.

Lowin, flaming.

Lowrie, abbreviation of Lawrence.

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Pliskie, a trick.

Poind, to seize on cattle, or take the goods, as the laws of Scotland allow, for rent. Poortith, poverty.

Pou, to pull.
Pouk. to pluck.

Poussie, a hare, a cat.

Pout, a poult, a chick.
Pou't, did pull.

Pouthery, like powder.
Pow, the head, the skull.
Pownie, a little borse.

Powther or pouther, powder.

Preen, pin.

Prent, print. Prie, to taste. Prie'd, tasted.

Prief, proof.

Prig, to cheapen, to dispute.

Priggin, cheapening.

Primsie, demure, precise.

Propone, to lay down, to propose

Provoses, provosts.

Pund, pound, pounds.

Pyle, a pyle o caff, a single grain of chaff.

Sin, a son.

Sin', since.

Skaith, see scaith.

Skellum, a worthless fellow.

Skelp, to strike, to slap; to walk with a smart tripping step; a smart stroke. Skelpi-limmer, a technical term in female scolding.

Skelpin, stapping, walking.

Skiegh or skeigh, proud, nice, high-mettled.

Skinklin, a small portion.

Skirl, to shriek, to cry shrilly.
Skirling, shrieking, crying.
Skirl't, shrieked.

Eklent, slant; to run aslant, to deviate from truth.

Sklented, ran, or hit, in an oblique direction.

Skriegh, a scream, to scream.
Blae, sloe.

Blade, did slide.

Snell, bitter, biting.
Snick-drawing, trick, contriving.
Snick, the latch of a door.

Snool, one whose spirit is broken with oppressive slavery; to submit tamely, to sneak.

Snoove, to go smoothly and constantly, to sneak.

Snowk, to scent or snuff, as a dog, horse, &c.

Snowkit, scented, snuffed.

Sonsie, having sweet engaging looks; lucky, jolly.

Soom, to swim.

Sooth, truth; a petty oath.

Sough, a sigh, a sound dying on the ear. Souple, flexible, swift.

Souter, a shoemaker.

Sowens, a dish made of oatmeal; the seeds of the oatmeal, soured, &c., boiled up till they make an agreeable pudding.

Soup, a spoonful, a small quantity of any thing liquid.

Sowth, to try over a tune with a low whistle.

Sowther, solder; to solder, to cement. Spae, to prophesy, to divine.

Spairge, to dash, to soil, as with mire. Spaul, a limb.

Spaviet, having the spavin.

Speat or spate, a sweeping torrent after rain or thaw.

Speel, to climb.

Spence, the country parlour.
Spier, to ask, to inquire.
Spier't, inquired.

Splatter, a splutter, to splutter.
Spleughan, a tobacco-pouch.
Splore, a frolic, noise, riot.
Sprattle, to scramble.

Spreckled, spotted, speckled.

Spring, a quick air in music, a Scottish reel.

Sprit, a tough-rooted plant, something like rushes.

Sprittie, full of spirits.

Spunk, fire, mettle, wit.

Spunkie, mettlesome, fiery; will-o'wisp, or ignis fatuus.

Spurtle, a stick used in making oatmeal porridge.

Squatter, to flutter in water, as a wild duck, &c.

Squattle, to sprawl.

Squeel, a scream, a screech; to scream. Stacher, to stagger.

Stack, a rick of corn, hay, &c.

Staggie, the diminutive of stag.
Stalwart, strong, stout.

Stan', to stand; stan't, did stand.
Stane, a stone.

Stank, did stink; a pool of standing

water.

Stap, stop.

Stark, stout.

Tangle, a seaweed.

Tap, the top.

Tapetless, heedless, foolish.

Tarrow, to murmur at one's allowance,
Tarrow't, murmured.

Tarry-breeks, a sailor.
Tauld or tald, told.

Taupie, a foolish thoughtless young girl.

Tauted or tautie, matted together; spoken of hair or wool.

Tawie, that allows itself peaceably to be handled; spoken of a horse, cow, &c. Teat, a small quantity.

Tedding, spreading after the mower. Tent, a field-pulpit, heed, caution; take heed.

Tentie, heedful, cautious.

Tentless, heedless.

Teugh, tough.

Thack, thatch; thack an rape, clothing

necessaries.

Thae, these.

Thairms, small guts, fiddle-strings.

Thankit, thanked.

Theekit, thatched.

Thegither, together.

Themsel, themselves.

Thick, intimate, familiar.

Thieveless, cold, dry, spited; spoken af

a person's demeanour.

Thir, these.

Thirl, to thrill.

Thirled, thrilled, vibrated.
Thole, to suffer, to endure.
Thowe, a thaw, to thaw.
Thowless, slack, lazy.
Thrang, throng, a crowd.
Thrapple, throat, windpipe.

Thraw, to sprain, to twist, to contradict.
Thrawin, twisting, &c.

Thrawn, sprained, twisted, contradicted, contradiction.

Threap, to maintain by dint of assertion. Threshin, thrashing.

Threteen, thirteen.

Thrissle, thistle.

Through, to go on with, to make out.

Throuther, pell-mell, confusedly.

Thud, to make a loud intermittent noise.

Thumpit, thumped.

Thysel, thyself,

Tillt to it.